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Sep 16, 2024
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ENGL 93 Introduction to Essay Writing I5 credits
This course provides instruction in creating clear, cohesive paragraphs that form the building blocks of short essays; instruction in the writing process, including drafting, revision, and proofreading; and instruction in using reading strategies to navigate college-level texts.
This course meets the Written Communication general education distribution requirement for certificates only.
Prerequisites: ELL 50 or ABED 46 (or placement into ENGL 93)
Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
- Write structured, cohesive paragraphs and essays that make use of supporting examples and basic analysis as appropriate to the writer’s purpose
- Use various reading strategies to develop reading comprehension skills and critical reading skills by navigating a variety of texts and responding to them
- Develop and use a writing process to draft, revise, and edit compositions
- Demonstrate the ability to write sentences with minimal errors in issues such as grammar, spelling, and punctuation
- Identify and correct common mechanical errors
College-Wide Learning Outcomes
This course teaches to the college-wide learning outcome of Information Literacy, the ability to recognize when information is needed, to choose the appropriate tools to locate the required information, and to effectively gather and evaluate the information.
Total Hours: 50 Theory (Lecture) Hours: 50
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